Padres Mount Huge Late-Inning Comeback After Manager's Glasses-Throwing Ejection

Mike Shildt motivated the Padres with an emphatic late-inning ejection.

Padres skipper Mike Shildt motivated his team by getting tossed on Monday night / Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images

The San Diego Padres didn't look like they had much juice against the New York Yankees on Monday night. They entered the top of the eighth with zero runs scored, down 3-0 at Yankee Stadium on a rainy night in the Big Apple. Things took a turn for the worse when Fernando Tatis Jr. struck out with two men on and one out, then proceeded to get ejected for arguing with the home plate umpire over the strike zone.

Then Padres manager Mike Shildt injected his team with some energy.

Shildt was furious about Tatis's ejection and stormed out of the dugout to make that clear with the umpire. He got so fired up he flung his glasses to the ground as an evening's worth of frustration bubbled to the surface. Naturally the manager got tossed as well.

Mike Shildt absolutely laid into this ump after Fernando Tatis Jr. was ejected for arguing balls and strikes pic.twitter.com/nKSUP0YBzo

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However, Shildt's show wound up inspiring San Diego and the effect was immediate. After he was ejected the Padres scored four runs with two outs in the eighth inning and shut down the Yankees in the final two frames to escape with a 4-3 win.

Not all manager ejections will demonstrate such a clear cause-and-effect. This time, though, it was obvious Shildt's performance spurred his team to victory.

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